The Smallest War

A true report (well... mostly)

The Smallest War

The assault on Maginess Lake began and ended on June 20, 2000.

The attacking army brought an $8,000.00 boat.  Four expensive, custom, fishing poles wrapped in velvet.  Two tackle boxes full of the finest fish weapons, and one large red cooler of whiskey and beer.

They laid siege to the small brook trout that lived peacefully in the tiny lake. Two hours after the combat began, the boat sank and the war was finalized. No trout were killed or taken prisoner. No Nuremberg trials were scheduled.

The two men gasped and blinked in surprise as they slowly swam ashore.  They couldn’t believe they had been defeated in such away, with such speed.  A few steps onto solid ground and the guiltiness began soaking into their minds.  How would they explain the defeat to their home base commanders?  

The Brookies did a fish-type victory dance and smiled their fish-smiles.

All visible evidence of this short conflict was lost except the cooler of whiskey and beer. It bobbed gently on the dark water as a monument to wars won and lost. The lake is again calm and the trout now have a new $8,000.00 playground resting on the silt bottom.

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[marcus]

Interesting! I like it!!!